History of the life and death of John, Earl of Gowrie

JOHN, EARL OF GOWRIE. 243
and if my testimony can have any credit with you,
I will bear to you record, that it is verified unto
me by honest men of our town, that he was seen
coming down the stair, from that chamber where
the King was, before any of the King's servants,
except only John Ramsay, or before my lord en-
tered in. And what his (Henderson's) deposition
is, I will tell you shortly."
Henderson before this time had given his first
deposition at Falkland, August 20. The substance
of it, as it was detailed by Mr. Cowper, is not in-
serted in the M.S. But Mr. Cowper having finish-
ed what he had to say concerning the alleged con-
spiracy, offered the following advices to the peo-
ple, which, it must be owned, were then seasona-
ble, and proper to come from a good man, who
had conceived an opinion of the truth of the con-
spiracy, and was anxious that the peace of the
country should be preserved. " Now," said he,
" I leave this, there are three things I will touch
shortly : the one is concerning the brethren of the
ministry ; this doing of mine may seem to con-
demn them in a fault, but I hope no wise man will
think so, when he considereth that one preacher